Category Archives: featured researchers

Gerry Shaw-Master of World Class Neuronal/Glial Markers

Build it and They will Come

Gerry and One of His Triumph’s MCs

I am pleased to profile Dr. Gerry Shaw, a Professor at the University of Florida and also the Head of EnCor Biotechnology Inc.  His story is a guide for incubating and spinning out a successful biotech company (EnCor Biotechnology, Inc.) from a university research [...]

Dr. Ivan Rich and HemoGenix

Stem Cells Testing Tools that enlighten Drug Discovery and Cell Therapy Researchers
I am pleased to profile Dr. Ivan Rich. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of HemoGenix and an internationally recognized leader in hematology.  I am timing this profile to coincide with Neuromics launch of HemoGenix’s first to market fully standardized, proven and cost [...]

Harnessing the Power of Neural Stem Cells

I wanted to share an important presentation by Dr. Steve Stice. He is a featured researcher in “News Behind the Neuroscience News”.
“Does amplification of neural progenitor cells derived from embryonic stem cells solve problems of cell production and FDA safety standards?”
Steven L. Stice, PhD
Professor, GRA Eminent Scholar
Director of the Regenerative Bioscience Center at University of [...]

Lectin Binding Profiles among Human Embryonic Stem Cells

I have featured  numerous posting of innovations by Dr. Steve Stice and our friends at Aruna Biomedical. Here I would like to share a publication by Steve and his team featuring a new slant on isolating eSC Derived hNP Neural Progenitors. This study also includes methods for sorting hESCs, hNP cells and hMP cells.
Mahesh C. Dodla, [...]

Satish Medicetty-Platforms for MS Drug Discovery

In Search of Remyelination Therapies
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease with no known cure. It affects over 400,000 people in the US and over 2.5 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of non-traumatic neurological disability in North America.
It is a chronic and brutal disease that attacks the brain and spinal cord. MS symptoms are due to [...]

Featuring Dr. Richard Rogers

Learn about obesity, thermogensis and neuropathways.

On Deck-Dr. Richard Rogers

I am exciting to be profiling Dr. Richard Rogers in my upcoming Neuroscience Backstory feature. This is an important feature because it focuses on the timely topic of modulation of the brain-gut axis by cytokines, hormones and CNS pathways involved in the control of feeding behavior and energy utilization. Given the acceleration in the growth [...]

STEMEZ hN2 Human Neurons Data

STEMEZ hN2 Human Neurons-electro-physiology data.

Gary Johnson-Apoptosis Ace

About Gray
1994-present-President, ICT
1993-1996-Conjugation Chemist, R&D Systems
19989-1993-Supervisor Protein Conjugation & ELISA Development Group, Solvay Animal Health
1986-1989-Immunologists, Biosciences Lab, 3M
1976-1986-Various Lab, U of MN
Gary’s Conatct Info:

gary@immunochemistry.com

952-888-8788  

 

Inventing Better Ways to Measure Apoptosis 
This profile features another Scientist Entrepreneur. Dr Gary Johnson is the Founder and President of Immunochemistry Technologies LLC (ICT). His company manufactures kits that have the [...]

Delivering 27mer DsiRNAs to Mice DRGs

DsiRNA was delivered in mice via IT injection using i-Fect. This added further support to the idea that the very potent DsiRNA coupled with a cationic delivery system that works in neurons is a very effective way to study the role of various genes in CNS function.